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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 杖

    杖

    杖つえ

    staff

    KMT10Freq #2387Core ConceptsKanji7 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    つえ

    On'yomi

    ジョウ

    staffcane

    木丈

    木
    一
    丿

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    機更桟杓朱榛枢梼末更杤杯材桟梼机機杓朱枢枚来朶槭橈杉欝杞杣

    Concepts using this kanji

    杖

    cane

    転ばぬ先の杖

    prevention is better than cure

    方杖

    brace (in construction)

    手杖

    staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

    松葉杖

    crutch

    仕込み杖

    swordstick

    杖状

    staff-shaped

    側杖

    blow received by a bystander

    杖術

    jōjutsu

    白杖

    white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

    杖道

    jōdō

    竹の杖

    bamboo rod (stick, pole)

    職杖

    mace

    金剛杖

    pilgrim's staff

    振り杖

    flail with a retractable iron weight and chain

    魔法杖

    magic wand

    魔法の杖

    magic wand

    杖とも柱とも頼む

    to count on someone as the only support

    鹿杖

    forked stick

    杖柱

    person upon whom one relies

    杖を携える

    to carry a cane

    聖杖

    holy staff

    牧杖

    crosier

    杖に縋るとも人に縋るな

    don't be a burden to others

    宝玉と勺杖

    Orb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)

    撞木杖

    crutches

    虎杖

    Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

    錫杖草

    yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys)

    杖鼓

    janggu (Korean hourglass drum)

    杖をつく

    to walk with a cane

    アスクレピオスの杖

    rod of Asclepius

    卯杖

    tree branch used as a charm against evil

    錫杖

    khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks)

    粥杖

    wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

    頬杖をつく

    to rest one's chin in one's hands

    頬杖

    resting one's chin in one's hands

    雛の錫杖

    Burmannia championii (species of flowering plant)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 一
    • 丿
    • 木

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    • 仕込み杖
    • 錫杖
    • 松葉杖
    • 杖
    • 竹の杖
    • 撞木杖
    • 頬杖をつく
    • 側杖
    • 杖柱
    • 頬杖
    • 杖を携える
    • 金剛杖
    • 杖術
    • 杖道
    • 虎杖
    • 杖とも柱とも頼む
    • 手杖
    • 雛の錫杖
    • 転ばぬ先の杖
    • アスクレピオスの杖
    • 杖鼓
    • 錫杖草
    • 杖状
    • 魔法杖
    • 魔法の杖
    • 方杖
    • 職杖
    • 粥杖
    • 白杖
    • 杖に縋るとも人に縋るな
    • 振り杖
    • 鹿杖
    • 牧杖
    • 杖をつく
    • 聖杖
    • 卯杖
    • 宝玉と勺杖

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